Periodical holder



Dec. 18, 1928.

1,695,297 K. SCHACHTER PERI ODI CAL HOLDER Filed Jan. 16 1928 Fig.1.

Inventor. Kori Schachrer Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES KARL SCHAGHTER, OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PERIODICAL HOLDER.

Application filed January 16, 1928. Serial No. 247,237.

This invention relates to improvements in periodical holders and one of the objects thereof is to provide a novel and convenient device which may be clamped around an intermediate portion of the periodical such as a newspaper to hold the sheets thereof together and to provide a convenient holder which will permit the turning of the pages.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character specified with clamping members one or more of which are formed in telescoping sections with locking means operable upon relative longitudinal movement of one of said telescoping sections to retain the clamping members in clamped position upon the periodical thereby preventing displacement or loss of the sheets of the periodical and also providing a convenient holder therefor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a periodical holder having clamping members comprising longitudinally adjustable sections whereby the clamping members may be adjusted to fit periodicals of different widths.

A further object of the invention is to provide a periodical holder of the character specified with a handle secured to one of the clamping members and having means to receive the free end of the other'clamping member.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for releasably locking the free end of the telescopically adjustable member clamping member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a periodical holder of the character specified having a plurality of clamping members each of which is formed in telescopically adjustable sections with means for clamping the sections of one of said mem-,

in a handle whichis secured to the other,

will more fully appear from the following description and the. accompanying drawings 7 and will be particularly pointed out inthe claims. 7

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 isa perspective view of the periodical holder embracing the central portions of the sheet of a periodical such as a newspaper which is shown in unfolded position.

Fig. 2 is a view of the holder illustrated in Fig. 1 shown partly inlongitudinal section wth a periodical held between the clamping members thereof and also illustrating in dotted lines the manner in which the handle may be moved longitudinally to release the otherwise free ends of the clamping members.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view partly a vertical longitudinal section of the handle portion and showing also the manner in which corresponding telescoping sections are respectively, permanently and releasably connected to the handle.

Fig. 4 is a smaller detail view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 3 showing the relative position of the handle and one. of the telescoping members when released from the handle.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a preferred form of combined hanger and pivotal connection for the clamping members.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on lines 77 of Fig. 5.

The periodical holder illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises two clamping members which are hinged together' at one end and one or both of which is formed in telescoping sections with means for releasably connecting the opposite ends together. The sections 1 and 2 of the clamping members are of tubular form and desirably of rectangular cross section and are connected together at one end by a combined pivotal connection and hanger 3. The clamping member 1 is provided with an extensible section 4 telescopically mounted therein and adapted "to be secured in adjusted position by a suitable means such as a set-screw 5 mounted in the member 1 and abutting at its end against the member 4.

complishing this purpose by pr=i ducingg an indentation 10 in the fervided with a longitudinally movable section 6 which is telescopically mounted in the member 2. The free end of one of the telescoping members l or fi which is illusti in 3 as 6,-is fixedly secured by rivets 7 to the ferrule 80f a suitable ha dle 9, The other telescopically mounted section l is adapted to enter the ferrule 8 upon relative longitudinal movement of the sections l and 6, so that when the end of the section 4 is introduced into the ferrule as illustrated in Fig. 3 the clamping members will be effectively loclied together in clamping position in ch a manner to prevent di placement or loss of the sheets of the per shoal which maybe clamped between said'clamp ing members.

DESlPblO releasing locking; means are provided .1. r preventing;- relative longitudinal movement of the telescoping sections l and 6. A. convenient form of device for we may be provided rule 8' adapted to a complementary recess in the end portion of the meinoei suitable means may be provided *1; the ends of the tubular.- secuons gether. A combined hanger and hogs is The illustrated in detail in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. construction thus shown comprises bent into the form of a loop 8 her par llol reversely bent end sections l 13 which pass through suitable so the ends of the respective clamp mean here. the referred construction shown the tubular sections of the clamping members are provided with extensions 14; and 15 which are bent or otherwise formed to prcvide sockets having ares extending at right angles to the respective axes f the clamping; members. The parallel reversely bent end portions 12 and 13 of the loop pass through these sockets and are slightly turned at the end to prevent disengagei therefrom. Adjacent overlapping pcrti of the loop 3 may, if desired, be sold ed or brazed together as illustrated in l b and 'l' or may be secured together in any other well-known manner to increase the rigidity of the hinge construction. By

section 6 is fixedly secured to the ferrule 8' of the handle while the telescopically movedge of too pinched tc'ether until the 4 clamping able section l adjustably scoured within the tubular member 1 by the setscrew 5 that the free end of thete-lescoping member projects a short distance beyond the l periodical and when periodical is placed between the clamping members the telescoping sect 1 1 one 4; and b end of the nmcnt with the recess of i all w 5 'ection l is in a J .2 n m 1 -,.1

he ierrule e. ihe handle is teen. LOLCQ";

forward or towards the bottom ed", of the periodical so "lie end of the escopmg section l will on or said seal: t sm'liciently to cause i s recess ll be c ged by the l/ indc...ation 10 in the ferrule thereby desirably locking the otherwise free end of the clamping membc together with the periodical firmly clamped between said clamping members. The handle provides convenient means to hold the paper while re ding and to permit the turnii qof the thereof readily. When the L ias finished perusing the periodical it can be hung by the ring hanger 3 upon su able hoolc or nail upon the wall. l hen it s desired to remove the periodical from r holder it merely necessary to depress the telcccopin member l; sulhciently to disent) ,e the recess thereof from the indc on 10 of the ferrule and then to cause made of any suitable preferably light, materiul and the tubular member may be an" desired cross lonal form. The adjus w able sections nay be either in the form of bars or of light tubular members suitably mounted in the tubular members 1 and as will be readily understooc by tnese skilled in the art.

lit obvious that'whore periodicals such as newspapers are of standard size, only one of the clamping members need e formed in telescoping; sections. will also be obvious that various other means may be devised for locking the clamping inen'lbers position. and further that other means may be employed for pivotally con necting together the ends of the clamping members. 7

It will thereupon be understood that the particular mbodiment of the invention disclosed herein is of an illustrative character and not restrictive in thescope or meaning of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

LA periodical holder comprising a pair of normally parallel clamping members each formed in telescoping sections, means piv0tally connecting adjacent sections of said clamping members at one end, and means releasably connecting the .opposite free ends of said clamping members.

2. A periodical holder col; prising a pair of normally parallel clamping means one of which is formed in telescoping sections, means pivotally connecting adjacent sections of said clamping members at one end and means upon the opposite free end of one of said clamping members to receive the corresponding end of the other member upon relative longitudinal movement of said tele scoping sections.

8. A periodical holder comprising a pair of normally parallel clamping members each formed in telescoping sections, means for locking the section of one of said telescoping members against longitudinal movement and means upon the free end of one of said telescoping sections to engage the corre spondingend of the other member upon relative longitudinal movement of said movable sections.

l. A periodical holder comprising a pair of normally parallel clamping members each formed in telescoping sections, means for locking the sections of one of said telescoping members against longitudinal movement, means upon the free end or one of said telescoping sections to engage the corresponding end of the other member upon relative longi-- tudinal movement o'l said movable sections,

and releasable means for preventing relative longitudinal movement of said movable section when thus engaged.

5. A periodical holder comprising a pair of normally parallel clamping members each formed in telescoping sections, means pivotally connecting adjacent sections of said clamping members at one end and a handle connected to the opposite end of one or" said clamping members having a socket to receive the corresponding end of the other clamping member upon relative longitudinal movement of said telescoping sections.

6. A periodical holder comprising tubular sections pivotally connected at one end and movable sections telescopically mounted in the respective tubular sections, a handle fixedly secured to one of said movable sections having a socket to receive the end of the other movable section upon relative longitudinal movement of said movable section.

7. A periodical holder comprising tubular sections pivotally connected at one end and movable sections telescopically mounted in the respective tubular sections, a handle fixedly secured to one of said movable sections 7 edly secured to one of said movable sections having a socket to receive the end of the other movable section upon relatlve longitudinal movement of said movable sectionand a set-screw in one of said tubular sections adapted to engage the movable section Which is telescopically mounted therein to lock said sections in adjusted position.

9. A periodical holder comprising a pair of normally parallel tubular clamping members each having an extension bent to present a socket having an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the clamping member and a Wire loop having overlapping portions fixedly secured together and reversely bent parallel extensions engaging the respective sockets in said tubular members and means for releasably locking the free ends of said clamping members together.

10. A periodical holder comprising a pair. of normally parallel clamping members each formed in telescoping sections comprising a tubular section having an extension bent to present a socket having an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the clampingmembers and a loop having overlapping reversely bent parallel sections engaging the respective sockets in said tubular members and means for releasably locking the free ends or the relatively movable telescoping sections together.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification. v

KARL SCHACHTER. 

